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The relig right is attackg high school proms as an attack on "fah, fay, and eedom" if gay and lbian upl are allowed to go together.

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SUX FALLS’ FIRST GAY PROM UPLE WANTED NORMALCY. INSTEAD, THEY LEFT A LEGACY.

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And this, my iends, is somethg that I learned om ntrol over gettg a date (if you want one) prom season durg my hman and sophomore years, I tried starg extra hard at the boys my class, hopg that this would send some sort of telepathic msage that would spire them to ask me out.

'What To Do When' is wrten by your queer big sis, Veronika Kelemen — I’m a 23-year-old gay woman livg New York, and I e she/her ntent is imported om youTube.

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A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

For many olr same-sex upl, the L.A. Gay and Lbian Center's senr cizen prom is the one they uldn't have when they were younger. * gay couples at prom *

She viewed the stunt body electg two women as prom queens as rejectg genr norms and homophobic beliefs.

Several said the girls only won bee they're a homosexual uple and 's Pri Month.

2 GAY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLET ATTEND THEIR PROM TOGETHER RAL TENNSEE

GLAAD, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, had not heard of a same-sex uple beg named prom queens Pennsylvania.

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GAY AND LBIAN UPL FALLY GET THEIR PROM NIGHT FRANK SHOUFER, RIGHT, DANC WH ROBERT MEZA AT THE L.A. GAY AND LBIAN CENTER’S PROM HOLLYWOOD. PROMGOERS WALKED ON A RED RPET AS PART OF THE EVENT, WHOSE THEME WAS “COME FLY WH ME.” (JULIA WALL / LOS ANGEL TIM) FOR MANY OLR SAME-SEX UPL, THE L.A. GAY AND LBIAN CENTER’S SENR CIZEN PROM IS THE ONE THEY ULDN’T HAVE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. BY HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS JULY 5, 2013 7 AM PT FACEBOOKTWTERSHOW MORE SHARG OPTNSSHARECLOSE EXTRA SHARG OPTNS FACEBOOK TWTER LKEDIN EMAIL COPY LK URLCOPIED!PRT FOR MANY OLR SAME-SEX UPL, THE L.A. GAY AND LBIAN CENTER'S SENR CIZEN PROM IS THE ONE THEY ULDN'T HAVE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. COLUMN ONE GAY UPL FALLY GET THEIR PROM NIGHT

We all live small towns, and most of didn’t have the agency to be ourselv durg our public-schoolg atten were a diverse crowd of lovely people, cludg lbian upl, gay upl, nonbary guts and people who are trans.

‘It was the most fun I’d had a long time’Amari Callaway, 26, PhilalphiaI -hosted a queer prom last summer through my queer skate crew Rollg wh the Homos.

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i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><h2 data-no-id="5" class="body-h3 css-1olvw et3p2gv0">Don't put too much prsure on yourself.</h2><p data-no-id="6" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Contrary to what you might thk or what everyone around you might be sayg, prom is a night for YOU. You’ll treasure your memori more the long n if you know you spent the night wearg what you wanted to wear and dancg wh who you wanted to dance wh. Chanc are, the ls prsure you place on , the more fun you’ll have. And this, my iends, is somethg that I learned om experience.</p><h2 data-no-id="7" class="body-h3 css-1olvw et3p2gv0">Take ntrol over gettg a date (if you want one).</h2><p data-no-id="8" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Around prom season durg my hman and sophomore years, I tried starg extra hard at the boys my class, hopg that this would send some sort of telepathic msage that would spire them to ask me out.</p><p data-no-id="9" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Spoiler alert: didn’t work. The first two proms me and went. I even missed out on my junr year prom!</p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Senr year, my luck seemed to turn around. I was asked to prom by one of my bt iends, Matt. It was super sual. He turned around at the end of AP European History class and said, “Want to go to prom wh me?” </p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I loved Matt like a brother, and I uldn’t have been happier. We had so much fun planng the eveng together, and soon started to seem like somethg we were dog jt for , and not somethg I had to feel prsured about. </p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h3 css-1olvw et3p2gv0">People likely won't even notice who you go to prom wh.</h2><p data-no-id="13" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Once we got to prom, we had a great time like we always did. I had been so nervo about what people would say about my non-romantic date, but no one even seemed to notice. That's when I realized jt how much people thk about themselv. They didn't even have the energy to judge me or my prom date. And, even if they did, did matter what some random people high school said if I had the time of my life?<em></em></p><p data-no-id="14" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The bt part of the night for me, though, had nothg to do wh my drs, or my date, or the mic that was playg. As I’ve wrten before, there were few out and proud people my high school, and at this stage I was really stgglg wh verbalizg my feelgs about my own sexual orientatn and how to intify. </p><h2 data-no-id="15" class="body-h3 css-1olvw et3p2gv0">Open yourself up to havg fun and beg yourself.</h2><p data-no-id="16" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">At my prom, there was one lbian uple, and when I saw how happy they looked — one girl a serly dapper su, and one a betiful long and silky drs — ma a huge difference for me. They slow-danced together whout a re the world, and seeg their nfince at such a young age was somethg I’ll never fet. It ma me so happy to see them together that was actually a pivotal moment my own g out procs. Even though I didn’t know them, they tght me that was possible to love who you wanted to love and not be embarrassed or ashamed of what other people thought.</p><p data-no-id="17" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">If you’re an LGBTQ uple at prom, jt know there’s a huge chance that someone there the room is watchg you and — hontly? — feelg pretty jealo. You are so much braver than I was, and I am so proud of your urage, excement, and nfince your love for yourself and who you are.<br /></p><h2 data-no-id="18" class="body-h3 css-1olvw et3p2gv0">Be the strong human you tly are!</h2><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And while prom is strsful for everyone — pecially when you’re jt gettg to know <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="your genr inty or sexual orientatn" class="body-lk css-lec2h6 et3p2gv0">your genr inty or sexual orientatn</a> — thk back to the you that was brave enough to start thkg about your own place the LGBTQ muny; the you that was strong enough to ask out (or be asked out by) a fellow LGBTQ person. 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